cutting a 30 inch tall tank to 24 inches tall.

[The Grizz]

Now put a 2" euro brace around the top it will hide any rough edges and will look pretty good. I knew you could do it if you put your mind to it and took it slow.

[Ryanst]

Ok here is the tank before I started cutting it.

I had to remove the overflow before starting to cut the tank


Here is the picture after the first cut it chipped alot more then the other side I think its because it was starfire glass. Th tape did nothing to stop chipping but it did make cutting more difficult when it ripped off and bunched up in front of the saw.

Here is the other cut.

And a couple pictures of the top cut off.

[toytech]

wow thats awsome , good job !

[Ryanst]

Here is the diamond blade I used.

[The Grizz]

That turned out pretty good, nice job. And you have the euro-brace to put back on too.

[mike31154]

Way to go! I have an old 65 I'm thinking of cutting a little lower as well, your thread, pics are a great confidence booster. I have a small wet tile table saw that I was thinking of using. Just not sure I can run the tank over top of it. How did you feed water to your hand saw while cutting, hose?

[Ryanst]

Originally Posted by mike31154

Way to go! I have an old 65 I'm thinking of cutting a little lower as well, your thread, pics are a great confidence booster. I have a small wet tile table saw that I was thinking of using. Just not sure I can run the tank over top of it. How did you feed water to your hand saw while cutting, hose?

No my dad used a spray bottle we didnt want to use to much water becuase I was using a skill saw and didnt want to much extra water around.

[Ryanst]

Originally Posted by The Grizz

That turned out pretty good, nice job. And you have the euro-brace to put back on too.

Yeah thats the plan. What is the best way to get it off the other glass. I tried fish line on the overflow and that didnt work that well I ended up using leaders because the fish line kept breaking I still managed to break 3 leaders and that was only like 2 feet of cutting.

[es355lucille]

Nice job!......I was wondering how this was going to turn out. I think this thread will give us all ideas, and some will be able to recycle/reuse some tanks that would just be junked.

[jon.smolders]

Wow... Good job. I never would have believed it without pictures. It does make me think I could do more with garage sale tanks or old glass. And I just saw a diamond blade / hole saw set on sale at Canadian Tire. Hmm... Now I need to think up a project so I have an excuse to buy it